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qaeda, he moved up in al qaeda. and he became al qaeda's new leader. so when the head guy was killed, the deputy moved up to be the new head guy. and when the deputy, al zawahiri became the new head guy, who became the new deputy? that was this guy, al libby. after al zawahiri moved up to replace bin laden. but in june of this year, al libby got dead too. he was killed in june. and it turns out that that might be important to understanding what just happened in libya and why america just had an ambassador murdered in the line of duty for the first time in 33 years. >> overseas tonight, the u.s. has confirmed the killing with by cia drone strike of another very senior al qaeda leader, and the man killed, abu aya al libby is believed to rank second in the organization and was involved in numerous terrorist plots against western targets over the years. >> u.s. officials are calling the death of al qaeda's top strategist one of the biggest blows to the terror network since the death of osama bin laden. >> it's certainly
qaeda, he moved up in al qaeda. and he became al qaeda's new leader. so when the head guy was killed, the deputy moved up to be the new head guy. and when the deputy, al zawahiri became the new head guy, who became the new deputy? that was this guy, al libby. after al zawahiri moved up to replace bin laden. but in june of this year, al libby got dead too. he was killed in june. and it turns out that that might be important to understanding what just happened in libya and why america just had an...
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to capture or kill osama bin laden and destroy the taliban regime that supports al qaeda. by november, the enemy is on the run. forced to flee into the mountains and across the border to pakistan. but while bin laden remains at large, washington's attention turns to iraq. to saddam. >> i think the united states since desert storm has always had a various planning with respect to iraq. >> operation desert storm. also known as the first gulf war. in 1991, following iraq's invasion of kuwait, a u.s.-led coalition of 34 countries drives saddam's forces out of kuwait and decimates the iraqi army in six weeks. but despite that overwhelming victory, president george h.w. bush faces criticism as home for not going all the way to baghdad to rid the world of saddam hussein. >> i made very, very clear from day one that it was not an objective of the coalition to get saddam hussein out of there by force. >> dick cheney, his defense secretary at the time, supports the first president bush's restraint. >> i think we got it right. conversations i had with leaders in the region afterwards
to capture or kill osama bin laden and destroy the taliban regime that supports al qaeda. by november, the enemy is on the run. forced to flee into the mountains and across the border to pakistan. but while bin laden remains at large, washington's attention turns to iraq. to saddam. >> i think the united states since desert storm has always had a various planning with respect to iraq. >> operation desert storm. also known as the first gulf war. in 1991, following iraq's invasion of...
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. >> osama bin laden and his al qaeda terrorists network are the immediate target. but the day after the attacks president george w. bush comes to the white house situation room and orders counterterrorism director richard clark to look into an iraq connection. >> when i said, mr. president, we will do that, of course, but we've done it before, and rather recently, and the answer has always been no. and it's likely to be no this time. he didn't like that answer. and he got mad. >> i was in the room during that time. and he was very adamant about perhaps seeing whether or not iraq could conduct such an operation against the united states. i was surprised when the president left the room. i said, i believe secretary wolfowitz got to him. >> paul wolfowitz, bush's deputy secretary of defense has had saddam on his personal enemies list for two decades. >> every time he survives something he sends a message to his enemies, i outlast my enemies, and if you are on the wrong list when i'm still around, you'll be in trouble. >> paul wolfowitz had become convinced that if we
. >> osama bin laden and his al qaeda terrorists network are the immediate target. but the day after the attacks president george w. bush comes to the white house situation room and orders counterterrorism director richard clark to look into an iraq connection. >> when i said, mr. president, we will do that, of course, but we've done it before, and rather recently, and the answer has always been no. and it's likely to be no this time. he didn't like that answer. and he got mad....
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. >> cheney has not given up on insisting there was, indeed, a connection between al qaeda and saddam hussein. in the book he says, "the terrorism experts would make their judgments about a connection between saddam hussein and al qaeda, but to satisfy the regional analysts, a higher-up at the agency would intone saddam had no authority, connection, or control. the phrase turned out to be handy for administration critics, because it seemed to say saddam had no responsibility for terrorism while we were asserting he did. we had the facts on our side, he harbored terrorists and he sponsored them." what's your reaction to that, colonel? >> well, unfortunately, the vice president sticks to that even to this day as you pointed out, and he was saying it during the time. i've since discovered in the summer of 2002, some of the enhanced interrogation was being used not to gain information about a possible another terrorist attack on the united states but to confirm these very ties between baghdad and al qaeda, and the reason the secretary of state did not throw the entire portion on terrorist
. >> cheney has not given up on insisting there was, indeed, a connection between al qaeda and saddam hussein. in the book he says, "the terrorism experts would make their judgments about a connection between saddam hussein and al qaeda, but to satisfy the regional analysts, a higher-up at the agency would intone saddam had no authority, connection, or control. the phrase turned out to be handy for administration critics, because it seemed to say saddam had no responsibility for...
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qaeda. giuliani's ego-driven decision based on his craving for media attention during any possible crisis meant that when they needed it most, on 9/11, the command center was useless because rudy giuliani had decided to locate it at ground zero. that giuliani decision cost lives, which is why the international association of firefighters vehemently opposed his candidacy for the president in 2008. the firefighters association reports that 121 firefighters in the north tower didn't get out on 9/11 because they didn't hear evacuation orders. they didn't hear those orders, because rudy giuliani learned absolutely nothing from the first deadly attack on the world trade center. firefighters' radios failed to work back then when they responded to the bombing of the world trade center, and they failed to work again, years later, on 9/11. even if the inadequate fire department radios worked on 9/11, they were not connectible in any way to the police department radios or police department communicatio
qaeda. giuliani's ego-driven decision based on his craving for media attention during any possible crisis meant that when they needed it most, on 9/11, the command center was useless because rudy giuliani had decided to locate it at ground zero. that giuliani decision cost lives, which is why the international association of firefighters vehemently opposed his candidacy for the president in 2008. the firefighters association reports that 121 firefighters in the north tower didn't get out on...
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some of the most sensitive things to understand what al qaeda is doing, what isis is doing. so the former secretary of state had an unauthorized server. and those are your words. in her basement, correct? >> correct. >> who was protecting that information? who was protecting that server? >> well, not much. there was -- a number of different people who were assigned as administrators of the server. >> and at least seven e-mails chains, or eight, that was classified as tssci. >> correct. >> so the former secretary of state, one of the president's most important advisers on foreign policy and national security, had a server in her basement that had information that was collected from our most sensitive assets, and it was not protected by anyone. and that's not a crime? that's outrageous. people are concerned. what does it take for someone to misuse classified information and get in trouble for it? >> it takes mishandling it and criminal intent. >> and so an unauthorized server in the basement is not mishandling? >> well, no. there is evidence of mishandling here. this whole inv
some of the most sensitive things to understand what al qaeda is doing, what isis is doing. so the former secretary of state had an unauthorized server. and those are your words. in her basement, correct? >> correct. >> who was protecting that information? who was protecting that server? >> well, not much. there was -- a number of different people who were assigned as administrators of the server. >> and at least seven e-mails chains, or eight, that was classified as...
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he looked at me and said this [ bleep ] of contacts with al qaeda has got to be taken out. it's [ bleep ]. and i said i agree with you. let's take it out. done. within a half an hour, tenet comes in and explosively tells about this high level al qaeda operative who has been interrogated and admitted to these contacts. whoa. and we put it back in. >> that would be the dubious confession extracted from ibn al shaykh al libi. >> both of us convinced ourselves if the intelligence community believed what they were presenting, then we had to believe it because they were the experts. >> i wrote parts of this speech, what i saw over the course of week, up until the night before he gave that speech, and into the early morning is does this fit? is this compelling? who can pick a hole in this? i'm going to stand in front of a billion people. what i say better be the clearest and most credible information we have. >> on february 5th, 2003, the moment of truth arrives. >> the 4,701st meeting of the security council is called to order. >> the world witnesses colin powell deliver the ulti
he looked at me and said this [ bleep ] of contacts with al qaeda has got to be taken out. it's [ bleep ]. and i said i agree with you. let's take it out. done. within a half an hour, tenet comes in and explosively tells about this high level al qaeda operative who has been interrogated and admitted to these contacts. whoa. and we put it back in. >> that would be the dubious confession extracted from ibn al shaykh al libi. >> both of us convinced ourselves if the intelligence...
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. >> osama bin laden and his al qaeda terrorists network are the immediate target. but the day after the attacks president george w. bush comes to the white house situation room and orders counterterrorism director richard clark to look into an iraq connection. >> when i said, mr. president, we will do that, of course, but we've done it before, and rather recently, and the answer has always been no. and it's likely to be no this time. he didn't like that answer. and he got mad. >> i was in the room during that time. and he was very adamant about perhaps seeing whether or not iraq could conduct such an operation against the united states. i was surprised when the president left the room. i said, i believe secretary wolfowitz got to him. >> paul wolfowitz, bush's deputy secretary of defense has had saddam on his personal enemies list for two decades. >> every time he survives something he sends a message to his enemies, i outlast my enemies, and if you are on the wrong list when i'm still around, you'll be in trouble. >> paul wolfowitz had become convinced that if we
. >> osama bin laden and his al qaeda terrorists network are the immediate target. but the day after the attacks president george w. bush comes to the white house situation room and orders counterterrorism director richard clark to look into an iraq connection. >> when i said, mr. president, we will do that, of course, but we've done it before, and rather recently, and the answer has always been no. and it's likely to be no this time. he didn't like that answer. and he got mad....
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get in that war. >> was iraq a gift to al qaeda? >> yeah, of course. yeah. it was a gift. >> a gift because iraq would inspire a new generation of al qaeda the fighters. >> that's part of a two-part series that airs starting this thursday night, september 1st at 9:00 p.m. "day of destruction, decade of war." we hope you will watch. we'll be right back. it was the best da♪ -woohoo! -yes! ♪ it was the best day ♪ it was the best day yeah! ♪ it was the best day ♪ because of you [echoing] we make a great pair. huh? progressive and the great outdoors. we make a great pair. right, totally. uh... that's what i was thinking. covering the things that make the outdoors great. call or click today. whose non-stop day starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil now and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. way to go, coach. ♪ a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more
get in that war. >> was iraq a gift to al qaeda? >> yeah, of course. yeah. it was a gift. >> a gift because iraq would inspire a new generation of al qaeda the fighters. >> that's part of a two-part series that airs starting this thursday night, september 1st at 9:00 p.m. "day of destruction, decade of war." we hope you will watch. we'll be right back. it was the best da♪ -woohoo! -yes! ♪ it was the best day ♪ it was the best day yeah! ♪ it was the best...
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said we had to refocus on al qaeda. we have. made sure that we saved an auto industry that was on the brink of collapse. we've done that. so we've got a very strong story to tell whether it's on social issues like don't ask, don't tell or economic issues that matter for middle class families. >> does that lean forward enough or is that just the past? >> it feels like the past, but one of the odder things we're seeing in the polling is the right track/wrong track is moving in the direction that should be helping the president. and yet mitt romney is the one making -- is still making gains even as people feel better, both with the job the president is doing -- this is what's weird about this. this is not a seesaw. the romney move up is not correlating with some sort of obama going down on his job rating. >> right. >> and that is -- >> could it be that the president outran his string? could it be he outran his string? his good news has come too late? >> that's a very strong possibility. >> the housing market is up, job claims are g
said we had to refocus on al qaeda. we have. made sure that we saved an auto industry that was on the brink of collapse. we've done that. so we've got a very strong story to tell whether it's on social issues like don't ask, don't tell or economic issues that matter for middle class families. >> does that lean forward enough or is that just the past? >> it feels like the past, but one of the odder things we're seeing in the polling is the right track/wrong track is moving in the...
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found out powell and wilkerson both wanted to take out the al qaeda connection to suddam. so what happened? >> well, it doesn't come out. it remains to be part of the case that -- >> even though they knew it was garbage? >> yeah. and one of the things that's hard to reconcile with is the figure of colin powell in all of this. at some level he is the most sympathetic because he seems to be the least out front engineer in the disaster but in some ways it makes him morally culpable. >> because he went along. if those conversation that we now know are happening in public, come out in public, that would have really arrested the momentum for war in a massive way and i think that has to weigh on his conscience. >> and we know that there are no wmds and you still can't get the right wing to admit that. look at fox this week. look at what they are talking about this week on fox. >> what are the chances of the return address on these chemicals being from iraq. >> we got rid of a brutal who used chemical and biological weapons against its own people, weapons of mass destruction that
found out powell and wilkerson both wanted to take out the al qaeda connection to suddam. so what happened? >> well, it doesn't come out. it remains to be part of the case that -- >> even though they knew it was garbage? >> yeah. and one of the things that's hard to reconcile with is the figure of colin powell in all of this. at some level he is the most sympathetic because he seems to be the least out front engineer in the disaster but in some ways it makes him morally...
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but we're also playing whack-a-mole with al qaeda. and i think one of the greatest mistakes that the president has made is in leaving america with a sense that somehow al qaeda has been dealt with, the war in afghanistan is over, the war in iraq is over. the fact of the matter is we've got major problems, and al qaeda is one of them. >> i want to get to a political note. on "60 minutes" tonight, an interview with the president and hillary clinton. >> the main thing is i just wanted to have a chance to publicly say thank you, because i think hillary will go down as one of the finest secretaries of state we've had. it has been a great collaboration over the last four years. i'm going to miss her. >> a few years ago, it would have been seen as improbable because we had that very long, hard primary campaign. look, in politics and in democracy, sometimes you win elections, sometimes you lose elections. and i worked very hard, but i lost. and then president obama asked me to be secretary of state. and i said yes. and why did he ask me and w
but we're also playing whack-a-mole with al qaeda. and i think one of the greatest mistakes that the president has made is in leaving america with a sense that somehow al qaeda has been dealt with, the war in afghanistan is over, the war in iraq is over. the fact of the matter is we've got major problems, and al qaeda is one of them. >> i want to get to a political note. on "60 minutes" tonight, an interview with the president and hillary clinton. >> the main thing is i...
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. >> reporter: was iraq a gift to al qaeda? >> yeah, of course. yeah, is gift. >> reporter: a gift, because iraq would inexpire a new generation of al qaeda fighters. >> that's part of a two-part series that airs starting this thursday night, september 1st at 9:00 p.m. day of destruction, decade of war. we hope you'll watch. we'll be right back. >>> i'm hosting tonight's show from new orleans. but be here tonight wasn't really the plan. i'm here because hurricane irene made it impossible to fly to new york, like i was supposed to. but my unfortunate predicament is strangely apropos, because while hurricane irene has shut down the east coast, tonight is also the sixth anniversary of hurricane katrina, devastating this city, that i love and where i live. sixth anniversaries are not usually all that notable. while we are preparing as a nation to mark ten years since the attacks of september 11th, the sixth anniversary of the levee breach is less likely to make news. but my vantage point here in new orleans on this anniversary, while also looking ahea
. >> reporter: was iraq a gift to al qaeda? >> yeah, of course. yeah, is gift. >> reporter: a gift, because iraq would inexpire a new generation of al qaeda fighters. >> that's part of a two-part series that airs starting this thursday night, september 1st at 9:00 p.m. day of destruction, decade of war. we hope you'll watch. we'll be right back. >>> i'm hosting tonight's show from new orleans. but be here tonight wasn't really the plan. i'm here because...
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qaeda to modernizing the practice of diplomacy. he devoted the full measure of the energy and skills to advancing national interests and to the common good. hold on. and he did so in the right way. which is why the army loved him, why his adversaries respected him and why within the state department he was far more popular than his predecessor. i remember the day his nomination as secretary of state was announced because colin drove himself having escaped the service over to my house so we could begin planning a smooth transition. amid the ran kor over the 2000 election he was determined to set the right example. there's a photo taken a few days later which shows him arriving at the state department and we are laughing and on the cusp of a warm embrace. i treasure that picture because it captures our relationship and had grown from one of mutual respect to one of mutual affection. it did help that we both had a sense of humor. in his memoir he recalled that a session on bosnia where i was advocating the use of force he felt compell
qaeda to modernizing the practice of diplomacy. he devoted the full measure of the energy and skills to advancing national interests and to the common good. hold on. and he did so in the right way. which is why the army loved him, why his adversaries respected him and why within the state department he was far more popular than his predecessor. i remember the day his nomination as secretary of state was announced because colin drove himself having escaped the service over to my house so we...
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in al qaeda's leadership who coulder u.s. off say he was killed last week by a cia drone strike in pakistani tribal region dealing al qaeda another major blow. nearly ten years since 9/11, u.s. officials are now sounding cautiously optimistic that a strategic defeat of al qaeda could be near. for most of the past year rachel has been working with nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel about not 9/11 itself, but the decade after, how 9/11 has changed the country, what we've done and what we've done different now because of it. here now is a short clip from the piece, take a look. >> the combination of cia units, u.s. special forces, afghan militias, and american air strikes is devastating. the taliban start to run and abandon al qaeda. >> you know, all the taliban no kabul falls, just two months after 9/11. girls are free to go to school. the repressive regime that hosted bin laden is defeated. a month later, even kandahar, the taliban's hometown, is overthrown. >> kandahar, that was the last urban stronghold of th
in al qaeda's leadership who coulder u.s. off say he was killed last week by a cia drone strike in pakistani tribal region dealing al qaeda another major blow. nearly ten years since 9/11, u.s. officials are now sounding cautiously optimistic that a strategic defeat of al qaeda could be near. for most of the past year rachel has been working with nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel about not 9/11 itself, but the decade after, how 9/11 has changed the country, what we've done and...
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so now in ten years of this war with al qaeda, here's what it's been like been al qaeda's number three, which is really al qaeda number two now with bin laden out of the top spot. mohammed atef survived just two months in the job after september 11. a predator drone got him in afghanistan in 2001. abu zubaydah lasted longer, he was captured in march of 2002 and now resides in guantanamo bay. he has been waterboarded 83 times. investigators determined he wasn't a number three, and according to "the washington post," not even a formal member of al qaeda. next came khalid sheikh mohammed. he too is now a resident of guantanamo bay. abu faraj al libi was captured in 2005, he then joined his predecessors in guantanamo bay. hamza rabia was killed six months in pakistan, then came the longest-running al qaeda number three, abu laith al-libi. he was killed in january 2008. that gave sheikh al-masri his lead, after being killed, followed by, as we said, rahman, whose killing was reported this weekend. now, there's a lot of issues around these predator drone strikes, how many innocents they kill
so now in ten years of this war with al qaeda, here's what it's been like been al qaeda's number three, which is really al qaeda number two now with bin laden out of the top spot. mohammed atef survived just two months in the job after september 11. a predator drone got him in afghanistan in 2001. abu zubaydah lasted longer, he was captured in march of 2002 and now resides in guantanamo bay. he has been waterboarded 83 times. investigators determined he wasn't a number three, and according to...
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this is an al-qaeda army on the move. >> reporter: before authorizing air strikes, president obama is pressing iraq's prime minister to make his government more inclusive. >> i'm not convinced he's going change his stripes. he's proven to be an unrequited shi'ite dictator. >> reporter: they have identified cold-blooded executions of iraqi soldiers shown in the video. now the fight is getting closer to baghdad. they said they have killed more than four dozen of the militants close to baghdad. but as i noted and learned this morning, they are getting the upper hand in some areas. that oil refinery not far from baghdad as all. just north of the city. >> thank you for that report, tracy potts. >>> could a late night phone call lead to a peaceful resolution in the ukraine? vladimir putin spoke with petro por shen skoe on the phone on tuesday. they spoke about a possible cease fire in european ukraine. the ukrainian government battled months of attacks from pro-russian forces across the southeast of the country. >>> three executions in 24 hours. convicted georgia killer given a lethal injec
this is an al-qaeda army on the move. >> reporter: before authorizing air strikes, president obama is pressing iraq's prime minister to make his government more inclusive. >> i'm not convinced he's going change his stripes. he's proven to be an unrequited shi'ite dictator. >> reporter: they have identified cold-blooded executions of iraqi soldiers shown in the video. now the fight is getting closer to baghdad. they said they have killed more than four dozen of the militants...
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we have no doubt that the cia's program saved lives and played a vital role in weakening al qaeda. when asked about the value of detainee information and whether he missed from the one operator, he told members i miss it every day and we understand why. that's part of the response. you say it was done properly. the details indicate there were two psychologists and subcontractors paid $80 million and they didn't know about terrorism and the culture or the language. they devised these techniques and made $80 million. it was poorly run and not well managed and not good analysis. one of the prison operators and chiefs kept calling and saying give me more information. let me ask to you respond to that. john mccain is taking the floor. >> a convict response to that would be i'm not sure i trust what's in this report. people need to read the rebuttal. they are clinical and carefully done. i can give you example after example from this report of where they distort the information. for example, in an e-mail. they talk about cia officers being afraid to criticize the program because they are
we have no doubt that the cia's program saved lives and played a vital role in weakening al qaeda. when asked about the value of detainee information and whether he missed from the one operator, he told members i miss it every day and we understand why. that's part of the response. you say it was done properly. the details indicate there were two psychologists and subcontractors paid $80 million and they didn't know about terrorism and the culture or the language. they devised these techniques...
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he's working with al qaeda, and he has all these things that can hit us. dick cheney, we saw in the film, said in august of 2002, he's amassing weapons of mass destruction. no doubt to use against us. so that was the big overall point. they knew it was, you know, a lot of people knew it was wrong, or iffy at best. when he says no doubt, there was plenty of doubt. >> there's two ways to look at this, right? one way is say, 9/11, who is this horrendous trauma for the nation, and scares people, completely understandably, right? the thought of that happening again is horrific to think of. that plus unskupulous leaders is the equation? >> you can't think they thought they were unscrupulous. they continue onwards with it, i believe they had an agenda, but i think ultimately, they thought they were doing the right thing. they had sort of negotiated with themselves on this. and it was a sort of -- must have been, and i would wander what you think, a collecting sense inside the administration that we're doing what's right for the american people. saddam hussein is
he's working with al qaeda, and he has all these things that can hit us. dick cheney, we saw in the film, said in august of 2002, he's amassing weapons of mass destruction. no doubt to use against us. so that was the big overall point. they knew it was, you know, a lot of people knew it was wrong, or iffy at best. when he says no doubt, there was plenty of doubt. >> there's two ways to look at this, right? one way is say, 9/11, who is this horrendous trauma for the nation, and scares...
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we talked to richard engel last night and we discussed areas where the al-qaeda-linked areas are trying to take over. they are trying to topple the government there. the french went in this weekend, then the french said on monday they were sending in even more troops. the u.s. had reportedly thought the french were going it alone. but on tuesday, a whole bunch of african countries said they, too, would send help. it was togo, ghana, and senegal, all sending troops. at the same time algeria said they would let them use air space. today, it is now an attack, a major hostage situation involving civilians from a bunch of other countries, civilians including americans. it happened in algeria, three americans and others were taken at a natural gas facility partly owned by bp. they were from ireland, canada, and france. the natural gas facility was here in a remote area of northeastern algeria, the group claiming responsibility says it was retaliation for them using air space in mali. he has reportedly struck out on his own now. according to the algerian government, the hostage-takers were tra
we talked to richard engel last night and we discussed areas where the al-qaeda-linked areas are trying to take over. they are trying to topple the government there. the french went in this weekend, then the french said on monday they were sending in even more troops. the u.s. had reportedly thought the french were going it alone. but on tuesday, a whole bunch of african countries said they, too, would send help. it was togo, ghana, and senegal, all sending troops. at the same time algeria said...
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there was no credible link between iraq and al-qaeda. erected not have weapons of mass destruction. but with that intelligence, but the argument presented in the un that day, the u.s. entered a catastrophic, catastrophic war under false pretenses. and that's the heavy credibility -- that blinken and other officials carry with them and that they will carry for a long time. it it's a self inflicted wound by the american government. when the u.s. went into the un back in 19 years ago, there were telling a story making an argument for why they were justifying in their invasion in a venue wreck. they were our country, massing an invasion of getting troops together and calling them up and sending them in another country. the story was not true. and made in bad faith. but there was still an attempt at a justification. because that's what states tend to do. no matter where they fall in the international order. it's really quite rare that estate comes simply -- simply comes out and says, we are invading this country because we want to. and so the u.s., this time around, has been working to c
there was no credible link between iraq and al-qaeda. erected not have weapons of mass destruction. but with that intelligence, but the argument presented in the un that day, the u.s. entered a catastrophic, catastrophic war under false pretenses. and that's the heavy credibility -- that blinken and other officials carry with them and that they will carry for a long time. it it's a self inflicted wound by the american government. when the u.s. went into the un back in 19 years ago, there were...
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. >> including the al qaeda organization. >> maybe this all does have to do with hillary running for president. maybe 20 months ago they anticipated that and they started covering up then. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. i've always been one to not take the bait. i'm the guy that likes to do the fishing. i'm the guy that likes to do the stories that nobody else is doing. but this one time tonight, i'm going to start with a story that i just don't think a lot of liberals in this country are terribly concerned with. but let's not be disfocused for a moment. i want to start tonight with a couple of numbers. the first number is nine. house republicans will form the ninth congressional committee to investigate the september 12th attacks in benghazi. here go your tax dollars, folks. today house speaker john boehner selected south carolina conservative republican trey gowdy to head up this new committee. the next number i want to focus on is 1,101. fox news has mentioned the word benghazi no fewer than over a thousand times in the past year. now, one more im
. >> including the al qaeda organization. >> maybe this all does have to do with hillary running for president. maybe 20 months ago they anticipated that and they started covering up then. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. i've always been one to not take the bait. i'm the guy that likes to do the fishing. i'm the guy that likes to do the stories that nobody else is doing. but this one time tonight, i'm going to start with a story that i just...
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qaeda has its back to the wall now, but take the pressure off al qaeda, you allow afghanistan to revert to the civil war, which is almost certainly what will happen and al qaeda can come back. there's an interest in making sure that doesn't happen, having soldiers there also gives us -- gives the united states some oversight overiran's acts activities, the numbers to 15,000, the higher number of the scale, my suspicious is they'll come somewhere in the middle. >> any date given about any troop withdrawal, in knowing that there is a troop withdrawal coming in 2014 and we've known for some time and the possibility that some troops may remain, what is the temperature of the afghan people of even wanting that? >> you know, the afghan people right now do explain about the american and international presence, after ten years of war they don't see much achievement in their eyes. there have been girls going back to school and women back in the workplace, primarily in the cities you're seeing construction of buildings and businesses, although the afghans do complain, they feel they have to compl
qaeda has its back to the wall now, but take the pressure off al qaeda, you allow afghanistan to revert to the civil war, which is almost certainly what will happen and al qaeda can come back. there's an interest in making sure that doesn't happen, having soldiers there also gives us -- gives the united states some oversight overiran's acts activities, the numbers to 15,000, the higher number of the scale, my suspicious is they'll come somewhere in the middle. >> any date given about any...
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. >> al qaeda is led by osama bin laden. >> death to the americans! >> wow, look at the police and firefighters. they are right into the middle of it. >> see, in show business you would find that the thing about casting is you try to get the best actor but the thing you're getting, only thing you can get, is the best actor who's available, so i guess the best actor mike could get to play a new york city kid in awe of fire trucks was a kid from arkansas. >> look at the police and firefighters. they are right into the middle of it. >> some of the passengers learned about the other hijacked planes and decided to fight back. >> that's our plan, bring down the taliban and al qaeda. >> again, casting is best available actor. yeah, colin powell is from new york city and doesn't talk like that, but when you're casting for videos for 7-year-olds, the perfect colin powell isn't going to be easy to get, but one thing you do actually control in animated videos, completely control, is wardrobe. colin powell was a general and wore a uniform before, like long before
. >> al qaeda is led by osama bin laden. >> death to the americans! >> wow, look at the police and firefighters. they are right into the middle of it. >> see, in show business you would find that the thing about casting is you try to get the best actor but the thing you're getting, only thing you can get, is the best actor who's available, so i guess the best actor mike could get to play a new york city kid in awe of fire trucks was a kid from arkansas. >> look at...
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qaeda even though there were no connections to al qaeda, and the faulty intelligence that iraq and saddam hussein were -- had an active nuclear weapons program, although none was ever discovered. >> as richard points out, he had an extraordinary influence abroad as well, of course, as at home. what are you hearing about the pentagon this morning? >> that's right. well, we've already heard of secretary of defense lloyd austin. he's traveling overseas right now. i think what we heard from him is the kind of -- the kind of statements we should expect to hear in the coming hours and days about general retired general colin powell. secretary austin calling him a mentor and friend. someone who turned to even in his time in this job now as general powell was older, was retired from the military for nearly three decades. he turned to him for advice and counsel. i expect we'll hear from more current and former general officers and military leaders about them having the similar relationship with colin powell. of course, you know, as i said, he retired nearly 30 years ago, 1993. his last job here wa
qaeda even though there were no connections to al qaeda, and the faulty intelligence that iraq and saddam hussein were -- had an active nuclear weapons program, although none was ever discovered. >> as richard points out, he had an extraordinary influence abroad as well, of course, as at home. what are you hearing about the pentagon this morning? >> that's right. well, we've already heard of secretary of defense lloyd austin. he's traveling overseas right now. i think what we heard...
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this al qaeda combination of mitch mcconnell, vice president biden, got a deal done this time. the stage is set for them at least to try to do that again, especially speaker boehner not going to have a negotiation with the presidents, that kind of toss the ball into the senate court. i do not frankly think that mitch mcconnell has the stomach for actually going to default, for actually refusing to raise the debt ceiling. that would -- that would be counter, i think, to his entire career as a deal maker on the hill. >> thanks to all three of you. appreciate it. >>> still ahead, sandy hook elementary students face their first day back in school since the shooting took the lives of 26 of their classmates and teachers. they weren't in the same school facility but there was something familiar about their surroundings. >>> then with the fiscal cliffhanger over for now you next up, immigration. details on president obama's plans to move full steam ahead with immigration reform. congressman cuellar is going to join us live. the boys use capital one venture miles for their annual footba
this al qaeda combination of mitch mcconnell, vice president biden, got a deal done this time. the stage is set for them at least to try to do that again, especially speaker boehner not going to have a negotiation with the presidents, that kind of toss the ball into the senate court. i do not frankly think that mitch mcconnell has the stomach for actually going to default, for actually refusing to raise the debt ceiling. that would -- that would be counter, i think, to his entire career as a...
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diplomatic mission in benghazi by involving al qaeda affiliates. >> it sounds like you're suggesting there's a double standard going on. that's certainly what the president is saying in the press conference the other day, and a lot of democrats feel there's unfairness going on here. it seems to me if you're going to send a top administration official in to testify before congress, you can't then complain when that person gets made a fall guy. that's sort of why you send them in there. >> right. at this point -- it does boil down who will the fall guy be, if you will, in this, colonel, i mean, where does it stop? in the end the ultimate responsibility here is to find out exactly what happened. there's real time video now that they've been privy to. is this about a fall guy or solutions? >> i don't think they'll be -- a, i don't think they can find a fall guy. b, they may run out of time altogether. there's lots of important stuff to do right now with respect to the budget, and i think they're going to start focusing their attention on that. there's a good possibility this whole story
diplomatic mission in benghazi by involving al qaeda affiliates. >> it sounds like you're suggesting there's a double standard going on. that's certainly what the president is saying in the press conference the other day, and a lot of democrats feel there's unfairness going on here. it seems to me if you're going to send a top administration official in to testify before congress, you can't then complain when that person gets made a fall guy. that's sort of why you send them in there....
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today president bush said saddam hughes and is working with al qaeda. he is here, this is the story, and they quote an unnamed analyst because they can't speak openly, who would say we have no evidence to back this up. >> and i would seize on that. >> you would seize on it, put on a show if you have a show at the time. but the general thrust of the matter is you worked in congress, you know that a lot of congressmen and senators don't get past the headlines, we should take what bush says with more weight. the thrust of the story should have been president bush said something, contradicted by his own government and that should have been the lead, the fact he was saying something that wasn't proven. again and again and again. colin powell, that speech he gave february 5th, 2003, everyone remembers that, you know -- >> swayed a lot of people. >> swayed a lot of people. the coverage was over the top. it was like writing about a rock star. then if you turned inside and kept on reading 20 inches in, you would find people saying wait a second, we don't know ab
today president bush said saddam hughes and is working with al qaeda. he is here, this is the story, and they quote an unnamed analyst because they can't speak openly, who would say we have no evidence to back this up. >> and i would seize on that. >> you would seize on it, put on a show if you have a show at the time. but the general thrust of the matter is you worked in congress, you know that a lot of congressmen and senators don't get past the headlines, we should take what bush...
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i say that having been ambassador in nairobi for two years before we were blown up by al qaeda and i was -- for two years trying to get the attention of the department to our security needs and the answer was there's no money. if that's the answer again this time, then i think we need to do some serious soul searching about the leadership that we are showing our diplomats and development and civilian employees overseas. >> ambassador prudence bushnel, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you for joining us today. >> up next, getting out the vote. the challenge to new voter i.d. laws. plus the wait is over for iphone 5. sales began this morning around the world with eager buyers camped out at apple stores for days. despite the hype some users have criticized apple for the phone's new mapping system for misplacing land marks and leaving others off altogether. [ female announcer ] lactaid milk is easy to digest. it's real milk full of calcium and vitamin d. and tastes simply delicious. for those of us with lactose intolerance... lactaid® milk. the original 100% lactose-free milk
i say that having been ambassador in nairobi for two years before we were blown up by al qaeda and i was -- for two years trying to get the attention of the department to our security needs and the answer was there's no money. if that's the answer again this time, then i think we need to do some serious soul searching about the leadership that we are showing our diplomats and development and civilian employees overseas. >> ambassador prudence bushnel, thank you very much. >> thank...
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it was his shop that produced the talking points that susan rice talked about, and she mentioned al qaeda in the interviews that sunday morning. and you go back to condi rice. i mean, really? is there a double standard here? it appears to most of us that there is, a very unfair one. this is a strong, smart, capable, accomplished woman. and i think that there is too many people over there that are looking for a scalp. >> so you're saying that the president should take on this fight? >> i don't know whether he should take on the fight or not. i know this. what has happened to susan rice is terribly unfair. if you really understand what went on, it is terribly unfair that she had be the scapegoat for this when really the failures ought to be at the last of the head of the intelligence community that produced those talking points, but none of the guys will say a word about david petraeus. >> more to come on this, obviously. thank you both for being here very much. >>> when we come back, more from our roundtable. we rejoin the conversation and broaden it out a little bit to talk about the broa
it was his shop that produced the talking points that susan rice talked about, and she mentioned al qaeda in the interviews that sunday morning. and you go back to condi rice. i mean, really? is there a double standard here? it appears to most of us that there is, a very unfair one. this is a strong, smart, capable, accomplished woman. and i think that there is too many people over there that are looking for a scalp. >> so you're saying that the president should take on this fight?...
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more al qaeda leaders and commanders have been removed from battlefield than at any time since 9/11. their communications recruiting, traek, financing are all under enormous strain. all of which makes it harder to plan and carry out large scale attacks against our homeland. our entire team, including our exceptional director of national intelligence, jim clapper, will remain relentless against al qaeda and its affiliates. in all this week john has been tireless. people here in the white house work hard. john is legendary even in the white house for working hard. he is one of the hardest working public servants i have ever seen. i'm not sure he has slept in four years. when i was on martha's vineyard, john came and did the press briefing. it was in the summer. it's august. is he in full suit and tie. one of the reporters asked him don't you ever get any downtime? john said i don't do down time. he is not even smiling now. [ laughter ] there's another reason i value john so much, and that is his integrity and his commitment to the values that define us as americans. he has worked to em
more al qaeda leaders and commanders have been removed from battlefield than at any time since 9/11. their communications recruiting, traek, financing are all under enormous strain. all of which makes it harder to plan and carry out large scale attacks against our homeland. our entire team, including our exceptional director of national intelligence, jim clapper, will remain relentless against al qaeda and its affiliates. in all this week john has been tireless. people here in the white house...
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and i think the more likely scenario is breaking up of the country where you have al qaeda-linked groups taking one part, kurdish groups, pkk, which are also considered a terrorist group taking other parts. you have the faction that we like, the free syrian army holding a piece, and the remnants of the government holding either damascus or coastal areas around lebanon. >> well, thank you very much, richard engel over in that area. and by the way, it looks like as i said at the start of this segment, it looks like we're going in there on thursday. that's two days now with apparently three days of strikes. apparently their capabilities to launch further attacks to use chemical weapons. this is "hardball," the place for politics. too big. too small. too soft. too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progresso's new creamy alfredo soup. inspired by perfection. it's called truecar. and truecar users... save time and money. so when you're... ready to buy a car, make sure you... never overpay. visit truecar.com today. >>> as if anthony weiner doesn't have enough problems. he was
and i think the more likely scenario is breaking up of the country where you have al qaeda-linked groups taking one part, kurdish groups, pkk, which are also considered a terrorist group taking other parts. you have the faction that we like, the free syrian army holding a piece, and the remnants of the government holding either damascus or coastal areas around lebanon. >> well, thank you very much, richard engel over in that area. and by the way, it looks like as i said at the start of...
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and look, we already defeated isis back when they were called al qaeda in iraq. 2007-2008. because of a variety of factors in the region, they came back. it's not enough to send troops for a short amount of time. you need to have a more thoughtful plan for what you're going to do in a region, if you want to send people to fight and die for our country. you know, there was no substance to what he said. i think it was distressing. you would hope, because he has a chance of being responsible for young men and women who might be sent into harm's way, there are real people. i know it's abstract to a lot of americans, but they are real people whose lives might be on the line depending on the choices that the next commander in chief makes. probably the most charitable of interpreting his take the oil comment is that he doesn't know what he's talking about and that it's not serious. if we take it serious, what that would look like, us, sending troops -- it's not like going to the bank. sending troops to an area in iraq, that would make everyone hate us, it would shatter our allianc
and look, we already defeated isis back when they were called al qaeda in iraq. 2007-2008. because of a variety of factors in the region, they came back. it's not enough to send troops for a short amount of time. you need to have a more thoughtful plan for what you're going to do in a region, if you want to send people to fight and die for our country. you know, there was no substance to what he said. i think it was distressing. you would hope, because he has a chance of being responsible for...
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qaeda. it's in north africa. first, a look at the president's schedule, as you know, all about vegas, baby. we're watching the dal ily rundn only on msnbc. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help save you up to thousands in out-of-pocket costs. call today to request a free decision guide. with these types of plans, you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients... plus, there are no networks, and you'll never need a referral to see a specialist. join the millions who have already enrolled in the only medicare supplement insurance plans endorsed by aarp... and provided by unitedhealthcare insurance company, which has over 30 years of experience behind it. with all the good years
qaeda. it's in north africa. first, a look at the president's schedule, as you know, all about vegas, baby. we're watching the dal ily rundn only on msnbc. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help save you up to...
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you have the developing story of the drone attack yesterday that killed a al qaeda leader. and you have a presidential campaign. but the conversation when it comes to this stuff is he seems like jimmy carter. i read that he was a one-term president once. really? that's all you've got. how about this. what would you do differently if the answer is we'd be stronger, that's not an answer. we deserve a politics that is capable of giving us choices or setting up a debate about competing reasonable ideas about handling the controversial things the government does in our names. i know what the obama administration's position is on afghanistan. because he's the president. i have no idea what mitt romney would do different in afghanistan, if anything. i know what the obama's administration is on drones. i frankly find that position hair raising. i know what the obama administration's position is on pakistan. i know mitt romney thinks pakistan is very important. is it inconceivable somebody would ask him why, how, what his
you have the developing story of the drone attack yesterday that killed a al qaeda leader. and you have a presidential campaign. but the conversation when it comes to this stuff is he seems like jimmy carter. i read that he was a one-term president once. really? that's all you've got. how about this. what would you do differently if the answer is we'd be stronger, that's not an answer. we deserve a politics that is capable of giving us choices or setting up a debate about competing reasonable...